RAGtime No 4

A WORKSHOP ON PROCESSES IN THE VICINITY OF BLACK HOLES AND NEUTRON STARS
Opava, Monday 14th October - Wednesday 16th October 2002
Faculty of Philosophy and Science
Silesian University at Opava
Czech Republic

Contents

Basic info

Where:: Faculty of Philosophy and Science, Silesian University at Opava, Bezručovo nám. 13, CZ-74601 Opava, Czech Republic
Organized by:: The Relativistic Astrophysics Group
How to contact organizers:: see Section How to contact us , or contact the secretary of the conference by phone +420 553 684 286, or via Email addresses <physics@fpf.slu.cz> or <Iveta.Bryjova@fpf.slu.cz>
Accomodation:: available either in a hotel or a cheap accomodation in a student hostel. Details will be provided upon request.
Opening event spacetime coordinates:: Monday 14th October 2002 at 16:30, Rector's conference room
Sign:: You can download a piece of ragtime music composed by one of the students, Jakub Říčan, in a low, middle, and high quality.

Marek Abramowicz: Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden; SISSA, Trieste, Italy
Michal Bursa: Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
Alois Cipko: Silesian University, Opava, Czech Republic
Slavomír Černý: Silesian University, Opava, Czech Republic
Michal Dovčiak: Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
Stanislav Hledík: Silesian University, Opava, Czech Republic (LOC)
Jiří Horák: Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
Jan Horsák: Silesian University, Opava, Czech Republic
Vladimír Karas: Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
Hana Kučáková: Silesian University, Opava, Czech Republic
Jitka Kusendová: Silesian University, Opava, Czech Republic
Daniel Macháček: Silesian University, Opava, Czech Republic
John Miller: Oxford, UK; SISSA, Trieste, Italy
Martin Petrásek: Silesian University, Opava, Czech Republic
Kamila Plšková: Silesian University, Opava, Czech Republic
Gustaf Rydbeck: Göteborg, Sweden
Jan Schee: Silesian University, Opava, Czech Republic
Petr Slaný: Silesian University, Opava, Czech Republic
Roman Strzondala: Silesian University, Opava, Czech Republic
Zdeněk Stuchlík: Silesian University, Opava, Czech Republic (LOC chair)
Gabriel Török: Silesian University, Opava, Czech Republic

Kilohertz QPOs as parametric resonance. New results: MAREK ABRAMOWICZ (Göteborg, Sweden; SISSA, Trieste, Italy)
Runaway instability of fluid torii around black holes: MAREK ABRAMOWICZ (Göteborg, Sweden; SISSA, Trieste, Italy)
Power spectra of rotating patterns on a compact body surface: MICHAL BURSA (Prague, Czech Republic)
A new XSPEC model to explore spectral features from black hole sources: MICHAL DOVčIAK, VLADIMíR KARAS, T. YAQOOB (Prague, Czech Republic)
Radiative acceleration of astrophysical jets: JIří HORáK (Prague, Czech Republic)
Astrofyzika kompaktních objektů: VLADIMíR KARAS (Prague, Czech Republic). In Czech language, wide audience oriented talk (see also http://uf.fpf.slu.cz/fs/).
Computations of primordial black hole formation: JOHN MILLER (Oxford, UK; SISSA, Trieste, Italy)
Main properties of thin accretion disks in the Kerr-de Sitter spacetimes: ZDENěK STUCHLíK, PETR SLANý (Opava, Czech Republic)
General relativistic polytropes with a nonzero cosmological constant: ZDENěK STUCHLíK, STANISLAV HLEDíK (Opava, Czech Republic)

Monday 14th October

12:00-16:00: Registration
16:30: Opening ceremony
17:00: Zdeněk Stuchlík, Stanislav Hledík: General relativistic polytropes with a nonzero cosmological constant
18:00: Discussion

Tuesday 15th October

9:30: M. Bursa: Power spectra of rotating patterns on a compact body surface
10:10: Coffee break
10:15: J. Horák: Radiative acceleration of astrophysical jets
10:55: Discussion
12:00: Lunch
13:00: V. Karas: Astrofyzika kompaktních objektů (Astrophysics of compact objects), in Czech, see http://uf.fpf.slu.cz/fs/
14:45: Coffee break
15:00: J. Miller: Computations of primordial black hole formation
16:00: M. Abramowicz: Kilohertz QPOs as parametric resonance. New results
17:00: M. Dovčiak, V. Karas, T. Yaqoob: A new XSPEC model to explore spectral features from black hole sources
18:00: Discussion
19:00: Conference party (Bar `66')

Wednesday 16th October

9:00: Zdeněk Stuchlík, Petr Slaný: Main properties of thin accretion disks in the Kerr-de Sitter spacetimes
10:00: M. Abramowicz: Runaway instability of fluid torii around black holes
11:00: Coffee break and discussion

Clickable map of the Czech Republic (in Czech):
http://www.mapy.cz/
Official website of the town Opava (in Czech):
http://www.opava-city.cz/
Train and bus connection (in Czech, English and German):
http://idos.datis.cdrail.cz/

S. Hledik / 2002-10-24